[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-07-07 Thread madvinegar
I confirm the above statement. Also tried Fedora 21 rawhide (with kernel 3.16) and the bug is still present. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-06-22 Thread madvinegar
I also tried latest fedora, arch and suse, and the same problem persists. So it must be a kernel problem and not something debian-based. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1229

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-06-04 Thread madvinegar
Just a pastebin of xorg that might bve of assistance. http://paste.ubuntu.com/7582689/ As you will see it says: intel(0): found backlight control interface acpi_video0 (type 'firmware') -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to li

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-29 Thread madvinegar
Also, the brightness keys work when I am in the Grub Menu !!! That is, before loading the OS. What could be wrong after loading the OS ??? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-29 Thread madvinegar
Just to add another piece of information. The brightness function keys work just fine when I am in BIOS. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell In

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 954661] Re: backlight brightness not adjustable by default on Dell XPS 13

2014-05-29 Thread madvinegar
Hi. I have the exact same intel card id (8086:0116), but my Dell is the n411z. I am facing the same probelm with the latest ubuntu kernels i.e. my brightness function keys do not work with 13.10 and 14.04 (i.e. kernels 3.11 and 3.13). Whilst these keys worked perfectly till 13.04. More info can

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 954661] Re: backlight brightness not adjustable by default on Dell XPS 13

2014-05-29 Thread madvinegar
Also more info about the problem: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1229591 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/954661 Title: backlight brightness not adjus

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-20 Thread madvinegar
Just another piece of information I would like to add. As I said, I have ubuntu 14.04 installed with kernel 3.13. I have downloaded from here: http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.2.59-precise/ the latest 3.2 kernel and installed it. More specifically I downloaded and installed the

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1280394] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys do not work on kernels 3.11 and 3.13

2014-05-18 Thread madvinegar
*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1229591 *** https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1229591 rpgmaker, can you also follow the discussion in: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1229591 Do you know how to bisect a kernel...? -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-17 Thread madvinegar
Apologies, I cannot do it. It's too dificult for me. I tried various things and almost made my system inoperable. I hope devs can solve it with the info and terminal results already provided. Otherwise, if anyone has more knowledge on these things, he is free to try. Last working kernel was 3.10.0

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-06 Thread madvinegar
I have also sent the email to intel-...@lists.freedesktop.org I got a reply from Jani Nikula as per below: "A bisect result on upstream kernel pointing at the regression might be useful... although we've changed the code considerably since 3.14." And from Daniel Vetter as per below. "Yeah, if t

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-05 Thread madvinegar
I have sent the email with all the info to Mr Matthew Garret at mj...@srcf.ucam.org. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] D

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-04 Thread madvinegar
Hi, Thanx for your reply. Could you please be a little more specific? To whom should I send/mail all the info I will gather from the terminal commands/results when using the latest 3.15 kernel? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-05-01 Thread madvinegar
Just tried kernel 3.15 rc3, but unfortunately the brightness functions keys (Fn+F4 and Fn+F5) still do not work. Any comments/ideas regarding my previous post? -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-04-30 Thread madvinegar
Thank you for your reply. I will test kernel 3.15 and revert with news (probably later on today). In the meantime and after reading various reported bugs, I came accross this one: http://www.aristofunnies.gr/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/photo-12.jpeg It regards dell xps13, but refers to the exact

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-04-25 Thread madvinegar
I installed today kernel 3.14.1. The problem is still present. I have not tried yet kernel 3.15 as it is in a very early (RC2) stage yet. I have also tried hundreds of grub parameters and conf files inside X11 (following the ARCH wiki here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/backlight) but s

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-04-21 Thread madvinegar
I made a clean installation of 14.04 yesterday but unfortunately the problem with the brightness keys is still present. Have there been any developments as regards isolating the culprit? It is very strange considering that the keys worked just fine up to 13.04 and kernel 3.8. I don't know if it

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-02-16 Thread madvinegar
Thank you. Please see here: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/1280394 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Kernel Packages, which is subscribed to linux in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1229591 Title: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1280394] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys do not work on kernels 3.11 and 3.13

2014-02-14 Thread madvinegar
Just tried kernel 3.14.0-031400rc2 but unfortunately the bug is still present. The brightness function keys do not work. (not even the volume function keys work - Fn+F11 and Fn+F12) ** Tags added: kernel-bug-exists-upstream ** Description changed: Brightness keys Fn+F4 and Fn+F5 (decrease and

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1280394] [NEW] 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys do not work on kernels 3.11 and 3.13

2014-02-14 Thread madvinegar
Public bug reported: Brightness keys Fn+F4 and Fn+F5 (decrease and increase brightness) do not work on 13.10 and 14.04. On 12.04 (up to 12.04.3) and 13.04 worked ok. That is, up to ubuntu repository kernel 3.8 the brightness keys worked ok. On ubuntu repository kernels 3.11 and 3.13, the bright

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-02-14 Thread madvinegar
Hi. Thanx for your reply. Since I have exactly the same laptop with the same GPU (id 8086:0116) would it be better just to keep updating this bug report and provide additional info? (rather than opening a new bug report?) I could provide additional info by running: apport-collect -p linux #12295

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-02-13 Thread madvinegar
Just to add that I have today updated my BIOS to the latest available for my laptop (I had A02 and I updated to A06), however the brightness function keys still don't work. So we will have to wait for a fix to be included in a newer kernel. -- You received this bug notification because you are a

[Kernel-packages] [Bug 1229591] Re: 8086:0116 [Dell Inspiron 14z (N411z)] Display brightness keys don't generate evdev events after saucy upgrade

2014-02-07 Thread madvinegar
I have exactly the same problem and exactly the same laptop. I would be very very happy to see this fixed at least for 14.04. I have 14.04 installed right now on this laptop but I still have the same problem with the function keys. In case you need to do any tests in 14.04 release, please let me